License Revocation Upheld

DIGEST

April 16, 1993|Staff reports

TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Broward County man should lose his driver`s license because of his conviction for cocaine possession.

Terry Lite, 35, of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, was convicted of cocaine possession in 1991 and could have lost his driver`s license for two years. But Broward Circuit Court Judge Richard Eade declared the state`s revocation law unconstitutional.

Eade`s ruling was reversed by the Fourth District Court of Appeal. On Thursday, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the appellate panel`s decision.

The law requires judges to revoke licenses of those over 18 convicted of possession, sale or trafficking in controlled substances.